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Myanmar’s generals are planning an election the opposition has slammed as a sham. They could see Trump’s interest in the ...
A Rohingya Muslim man tells the story of how he escaped the squalid refugee camp in southern Bangladesh where he was born and came to the U.S. as a refugee.
Although emergency rule was officially lifted last week by the military-dominated National Defense and Security Council (NDSC), junta boss Min Aung Hlaing—who chairs both the rebranded regime and the ...
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) strongly condemns the announcement by Myanmar's military junta to end the state of emergency and proceed with so-called “elections” in December 2025.
Trump's third-country deportations are becoming commonplace, a violation of statute enabled by the Supreme Court.
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A test of Myanmar junta’s sincerity
THE military government of Myanmar has announced it was ending the state of emergency that justified its takeover from ...
Civil war has consumed Myanmar since the military seized power in a 2021 coup, sparking resistance from pro-democracy guerrillas who found common cause with long-active ethnic armed groups ...
Myanmar’s military government said it remains upbeat on reaching a deal with the U.S. to see a decrease in Trump’s new tariffs of 40% on goods from the Southeast Asian ...
Coup leader rebrands his regime and declares ‘second chapter’ of rule—while imposing harsh penalties to protect his sham ...
Saudi peace push for Palestine; Israel threatens Palestinian “economic warfare”; US sanctions UN human rights expert; UN must attract young people. Plus: Gaza; Guatemala; Sudan; Myanmar; UN reform.
On Thursday, Myanmar’s military announced a nominal transfer of authority to a civilian-led interim government, while ...